Montreal Canadiens @ Colorado Avalanche

17-13-5, 7-6-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Canadiens MTL	1	0	0	1
Avalanche COL	0	1	1	2

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

19-10-6, 8-4-3 Home

Landeskog, Grubauer lead Avalanche to 2-1 win over Canadiens

Gabriel Landeskog broke a tie 35 seconds into the third period by batting in a goal, Philipp Grubauer stopped 35 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Dec 20, 2018, 05:32 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	1	0	0	1
	Avalanche	0	1	1	2

1st Period			MTL	COL
5:43		Brendan Gallagher (15) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Jeff Petry (19), Jonathan Drouin (18)	1	0

2nd Period			MTL	COL
4:21		Mikko Rantanen (16) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (33)	1	1

3rd Period			MTL	COL
0:35		Gabriel Landeskog (23) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (34), Mikko Rantanen (42)	1	2

CANADIENS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Canadiens
1
Avalanche
2

Game 1

20/12

Avalanche
0
Canadiens
3

Game 2

13/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Tampa Bay	19	13	3	41
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	26	2	7	59
Dallas	25	7	5	55
Minnesota	22	10	5	49
Utah	18	17	3	39
St. Louis	14	15	8	36
Nashville	15	16	4	34
Winnipeg	15	17	3	33
Chicago	13	16	6	32

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Montreal Canadiens @ Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Philipp GrubauerG - COL

Gabriel LandeskogLW - COL

Mikko RantanenRW - COL

Game Information

Landeskog, Grubauer lead Avalanche to 2-1 win over Canadiens

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

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